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Review Date: 5/22/2009
Helpful Score: 1
This was a quick, funny, easy read. Phillip Done tells stories that he has accumulated throughout his teaching career. Anyone with children, or who teaches children, can definitely relate to stories like, "These are scissors. They are used to cut paper. They are not used to cut our classmates hair." Definitely a laugh out loud book.
Review Date: 5/22/2020
I read this. Then I read it to my 5th-grade class. Who hung on to every.single.word. I think that was the last time I had their full attention. Because they couldn't wait to hear what happened next ... and to predict what would happen next. I'm going to read it with my next year's class as well ... if I can get a copy for everyone.
Review Date: 9/14/2010
This is my all time favorite children's book. I don't know why ... maybe because one day I want to be just like Ferdinand ... sitting underneath the cork tree and smelling the flowers. Or, maybe it's because I remember my dad reading it to me ... especially the part when Ferdinand sits on the bee. :)
Review Date: 6/14/2010
I loved this book. It was completely outside of my normal reading choice, but I liked it so much that I requested a couple of his other books.
This is not something to be read over a weekend. Take some time to read it and digest it and enjoy the crazy humor that Robbins interjects.
This is not something to be read over a weekend. Take some time to read it and digest it and enjoy the crazy humor that Robbins interjects.
Review Date: 3/26/2019
Suspenseful right up until the end. I was almost 3/4 of the way through the book before I figured out who it was ... which is pretty good. :D
Review Date: 1/15/2020
Spoiler Alert ....
Worst.Ending.Ever.
It was "okay" up until then. Seriously ... WTH
Worst.Ending.Ever.
It was "okay" up until then. Seriously ... WTH
Review Date: 4/6/2009
Helpful Score: 1
This is my all time favorite book. The story of Caitlin and Vix is awesome and I keep coming back to it again and again. The story of two girls growing up, what it is like to be insecure as a your child, teenager and adult, discovering your first love ... and the losing him.
Definitely a must read book.
Definitely a must read book.
Review Date: 11/21/2011
This is a great concept ... but not what I was expecting. First of all, while I did like the fact that several of these letters are handwritten, that also means that you have to take the time to decipher the handwriting ... which is terrible on (most) of them.
Second, I was truly expecting, that when writing a letter to your 16 year old self, you would give yourself ADVICE ... not tell yourself what you achieve in the future. If your 16 year old self would actually read about their future achievements, would they actually achieve them by potentially straying from the path that they are supposed to take in order to achieve said achievements??
I actually thought about what I would say to myself ... but more like my 16 - 23 year old self. Thoughts were:
- Study harder. When your friends say "I didn't study for a test", they are lying. They actually did study. You didn't. Therefore, you failed the test and they didn't. They were just trying to be cool.
- Value your high school friendships. Believe it or not, they will be very important to you when you are older.
- Sex really isn't all that important at this age. Really. It's not.
- Be a bit more serious about your life. It's not all fun and games.
- Don't take advantage of the fact that your parents are divorced and really not paying attention.
- Losing your sister and being an only child is hard; however, do something GREAT with that experience.
- Don't party like a rock star so much :)
- Don't start smoking. It's waaaayyyy too hard to quit.
- Volunteer
- Practice your flute
- When you find the right guy, don't let him go.
- Enjoy being young ... but be smart about it!!
Just some advice to my 16-23 year old self <3.
Second, I was truly expecting, that when writing a letter to your 16 year old self, you would give yourself ADVICE ... not tell yourself what you achieve in the future. If your 16 year old self would actually read about their future achievements, would they actually achieve them by potentially straying from the path that they are supposed to take in order to achieve said achievements??
I actually thought about what I would say to myself ... but more like my 16 - 23 year old self. Thoughts were:
- Study harder. When your friends say "I didn't study for a test", they are lying. They actually did study. You didn't. Therefore, you failed the test and they didn't. They were just trying to be cool.
- Value your high school friendships. Believe it or not, they will be very important to you when you are older.
- Sex really isn't all that important at this age. Really. It's not.
- Be a bit more serious about your life. It's not all fun and games.
- Don't take advantage of the fact that your parents are divorced and really not paying attention.
- Losing your sister and being an only child is hard; however, do something GREAT with that experience.
- Don't party like a rock star so much :)
- Don't start smoking. It's waaaayyyy too hard to quit.
- Volunteer
- Practice your flute
- When you find the right guy, don't let him go.
- Enjoy being young ... but be smart about it!!
Just some advice to my 16-23 year old self <3.
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